Terracotta oil lamp

Greek

Hellenistic

Not on view

Small, wheel-made body, with applied long nozzle. Large central filling hole, surrounded by an inward-sloping shoulder and an incised circle; convex-curving side to carinated body, with pierced knob at top of left side. Large, raised base ring and deep, concave base.

Intact, but firing crack across base.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Greek

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Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Greek
Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Greek

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